Jason Gregor made the following claim on Facebook yesterday afternoon: "Flyers will win and game seven goes Friday. Nothing better than game seven...at least in the sports world."

Heh heh heh.

Gregor.

He was wrong of course and Patrick Kane was oh so right slipping a mystery past Leighton early in the first period of overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks their first Stanley Cup since 1784, when a young Robin Brownlee was heard to remark "This Pierre Pilote is going to be one heck of a defenseman."

Good on you Kane you tricky little weasel.

AND GOOD ON YOU CHICAGO

Even the stone heartest among us have to find some joy in Chicago winning the Stanley Cup. A long suffering member of the Original Six, Chi Town hadn't won a cup since 1961. 1961 Nation. Think of the generations of fans that passed through Chicago Stadium and the United Centre without a whisper of hope for so many years.

Think of the street vendors expecting to make a living selling bootleg Stanley Cup Champions merchandise that starved to death anonymously under bridges all around the greater Chicago area.

Think of the building managers at the AON Center in downtown Chicago who came up with the wicked lighting schema above. Who knows how long this had been in the making? It was probably be one of those dark secrets passed down from generation to generation of building managers, just waiting for a chance to see the light of day.

"Now listen new guy" the old building manager would say on his last day on the job before retiring. "There is a secret plan in the event the Hawks win the Cup." Then he would painfully amble over to a long forgotten bookshelf in the corner of his office, deep in the bowels of the building.

Blowing the dust off an ancient file folder marked "THE PLAN" he would carefully go over the protocols to turn off the breaker switches to 17 floors of corner offices. Incredulously the new guy would listen on, fresh with the ideals of being a recent graduate of Building Manager School, wondering if he would be able to enact the intricate plan should the big day ever arrive.

Well that day has arrived Gentlemen and you have earned your treat.

Congrats to the building managers at the AON Centre. Congrats to the street vendors in Chicago, happily selling bootleg teeshirts, flags and hats as fast as their illegal overseas suppliers can keep pace.

I didn't really get a chance to watch the 3 periods of hockey as I was golfing in the monsoon last night. As we finished our last hole of Men's night @ Montgomery Glens I check the score app on my BB & the score was 3-2 hawks with 12 minutes left. At this point we were hoping to see the hawks skating around basking in the glory of the win. Much to our surprise when we hit the clubhouse it was tied game.

WTF is up with Leighton letting that goal in? He can't honestly sign his upcoming fat contract. I found the celebration to be a bit weak on the Hawks part, maybe it had something to do with the video review.

It is nice to see as an Oilers fan the Penguins & Hawks have some success with their young teams. ~This will raise our expectations for sure, if we don't win the cup in 2015 I will be disappointed.~

Yeah, it was great. The dude in the pro shop wasn't quite up to speed on the whole concept yet (had to call his manager to confirm that I prepaid in advance and that it actually was a dollar). He was hilariously boggled by the whole concept.

Yeah, it was great. The dude in the pro shop wasn't quite up to speed on the whole concept yet (had to call his manager to confirm that I prepaid in advance and that it actually was a dollar). He was hilariously boggled by the whole concept.

That's priceless. Oh the internet and the havoc it can create. I'm actually super impressed how many $1 tee times are actually being put on the site by the courses.

I was having a similar issue a while ago, I flipped the compatibility switch at the top near the adress bar and now it all works for me and I read ON all day waiting for the next Wanye witty remark to cause me to giggle uncontrolably.

I am extremely happy that the blackhawks won, but am i alone in thinking that if the goal didn't count it would have been pretty fun to watch Patrick Kane collect all the hockey equipment he littered the ice with. THAT would have been sweet revenge for the cabbie he beat up...

Either way I am just excited that a team i was pulling for actually won something. Such a strange feeling...

*Runs off to shower this feeling off in order to prepare for the 2010/11 season*